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The Town of Billerica
Massachusetts is located 20 miles northwest of Boston and borders Lowell
to the south. Incorporated in 1655, the town remained predominately agricultural
until the mid-nineteenth century when a major mill complex was sited on
the Concord River in North Billerica. Although a number of smaller industries
grew up over the next 100 years, it wasn't until the 1950's that the present
day industrial base was established.
Today Billerica is a major regional
employer and home to several high technology firms, many of which are offshoots
of companies along Route 128 to the south. Currently Billerica has close
to 40,000 residents, having grown rapidly from 10,000 residents in 1950.
The majority of homes are located within residential subdivisions, although
significant older neighborhoods exist in the town center, North Billerica,
Pinehurst and Nutting Lake.
The town is within minutes of Route
3 and Route 495, both major limited access highways. The town has bus and
train service provided by the Lowell Regional Transit Authority and the
MBTA at North Billerica. The remnants of the historic Middlesex Canal,
an outmoded mode of transport, traverse the town north to south.
Billerica Massachusetts is located
in Northeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Carlisle and Chelmsford on the
west, Lowell and Tewksbury on the north, Wilmington and Burlington on the
east, and Bedford on the south. Billerica is 19 miles north of Boston. |